Back Up Automatically. Back Up Your PC or Mac Computer Automatically. Backup Plus from Seagate is the simple, one-click way to protect and share your entire digital life—without getting in the way of the rest of your life. Introducing Seagate Backup Plus. Seagate Technology. Drive - Duration: 11:35.
With the release of the, Seagate has reinvented its line of portable hard drives, incorporating a number of desirable features into its new design. Taking technology from its previous Go-Flex line, the Backup Plus uses Seagate’s Universal Storage Module, allowing the drive to easily swap out interface adapters.
This capability makes the Backup Plus customizable, allowing you to purchase and use Thunderbolt, FireWire 800, USB 3.0, or USB 2.0 adapters. Along with its versatility, the Backup Plus comes with a few features that will certainly entice social media enthusiasts with its Facebook, Flickr, and YouTube backup and upload options. Not only does the Backup Plus save photos and videos from your Facebook and Flickr accounts, it also allows you upload content directly off of your drive. With the Backup Plus, you can also schedule automated data backups, making it that much easier to share and protect your valuable media.
The size of the Backup Plus makes it easily portable; at a pocket-sized 4.86-by-3.19-by-0.57, you can take this drive anywhere you need to go. Its design is simple, featuring a small, white activity light on the interface adapter at one end, and the Seagate logo emblazoned on the opposite end. Because the Backup Plus uses Seagate’s Universal Storage Module, we tested it using Thunderbolt, FireWire 800, USB 3.0 and USB 2.0.
In comparison to drives of similar capacity and price, the Backup Plus posted similar transfer speeds to WD’s ( ) and ( ) when connected via USB 2.0 and FireWire 800. However, when testing the USB 3.0 and Thunderbolt interfaces, it appeared as though Seagate’s ran into a bottleneck, posting performance numbers around the 110 MBps mark. Overall, the transfer speeds between USB 3.0 and Thunderbolt were comparable to each other; as neither interface demonstrated superiority over the other.
Take note though, in order to benefit from the USB 3.0 connectivity you must have either a 2012 Mac laptop, a Mac Pro with a USB 3.0 expansion card, or a 17-inch MacBook Pro and a USB 3.0 ExpressCard/34 express card adapter (we used Sonnet’s ). Moreover, if you opt to use the Thunderbolt interface, you must purchase Seagate’s Go Flex Thunderbolt adapter ($100), as well as a Thunderbolt cable from Apple ($50). If you don’t want to spend the extra money for boosted speeds, the Backup Plus is backwards compatible with USB 2.0, even though the drive comes stock with a USB 3.0 interface. Macworld’s buying advice Seagate’s Backup Plus is flexible, easily portable, quiet, and affordable. However, it’s not an impressive speed performer, and if you want the added transfer speeds provided by Thunderbolt or USB 3.0, you’re going to have to spend some extra cash. By far, the most intriguing attribute of this drive is the dashboard software that comes on it, which enables you to automatically backup your Facebook and Flickr photos and videos, as well as share your content directly from your drive to Facebook, Flickr, and YouTube.
If you’re a frequent social networker who infrequently backs up your media, this drive may be just what you’re looking for. However, if you don’t care much about your online photo albums, the Backup Plus is a pretty ordinary external drive.
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MacTakeAwayData Rank – 4/5 Take a run through on what a prospective Mac owner needs to know before purchasing the Seagate Backup Plus Slim for Mac 1TB. Decide what is important for you so that you can make the right decision for your files and your Mac. Use link to See the Current Price on Amazon The Pros • The Seagate Backup Plus Slim is reasonably priced • With a good range of storage capacities starting at 500GB with 1TB, 2TB, 4TB and 5TB options • Fun, modern hard drive enclosure design and colors • Available as preformatted HFS+ for Mac, with a downloadable HFS driver for Windows PC. • Straightforward set up and use, powered via the USB cable supplied. The Cons • No direct USB 3.1/Thunderbolt connectivity.
An adaptor cable is required for newer Macs • The software provided on this drive, depending on your circumstances may not be useful to you. Find out why in my article below. Overall Evaluation A great external hard drive, popular with Mac users with a wide selection of drive capacities.
Table of Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Features Overview of the Seagate Backup Plus Slim For Mac What does the Mac owner need to know? The Seagate Backup Plus family of products consists of four types of external hard drives. The Ultra Slim, Slim, Portable and Fast 4TB (see section below) Comparison Table of the Backup Plus High Level Features Backup Plus Ultra Slim Slim Portable Capacity 1TB & 2TB 500GB, 1TB, 2TB 4TB & 5TB Format NTFS NTFS or HFS+ NTFS or HFS+ Headline Speed 120 Mb/s 120 Mb/s 120 Mb/s Connections USB 3.0 USB 3.0 USB 3.0 Size 2.99″ x 4.48″ x 0.38″ 2.99″ x 4.48″ x 0.48″ 2.99″ x 4.50″ x 0.81″ Weight 4.8 oz 5.7 oz 8.7 oz Warranty 2 Years 2 Years 2 Years Backup Plus Fast 4TB Released in 2014, the member of the Backup Plus family not in the table above is the Backup Plus Fast 4TB. The reason it isn’t included is that it is a different kind of beast to the drives above and it’s important to understand why it is different. See my section on the Backup Plus Fast 4TB later in this article. Or to jump quickly to it, click on the link to the section in the table of contents toward the start of this article. For now, here is a table to give you an overview of the Seagate Backup Plus Fast 4TB.